Departmental Organization
Facilities
Anesthesia Pre-Op Clinic
 As part of its role to provide peri-operative medical care, the
Department of Anesthesiology directs the Anesthesia Pre-Op Clinic.
The clinic is located on the first floor of Physician Office Building
A. A staff anesthesiologist and resident work with registered nurses
to obtain a detailed electronic record of their past medical history,
a directed physical examination, and appropriate laboratory and
evaluative studies for approximately 800 patients per month.
The ultimate goal of the anesthesia pre-op clinic is to minimize
surgical and anesthetic risk by assuring that patients are in a
state of "best possible condition" in regard to their
co-existing disease. By performing this assessment in the
pre-op clinic, the additional goal of cost containment can be achieved
by avoidance of unnecessary "blanket" pre-op testing,
as well as minimizing delays and/or alteration of the OR schedule.
Thus, the
Department of Anesthesiology strives to provide optimal peri-op
patient care, cost containment, and optimization of OR scheduling
and personnel utilization.
The
Operating Rooms, Critical Care Units, and Obstetrics
The University
of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville performs about 22,000 operative
procedures in 26 different operating rooms. Separate critical
care areas include Cardiovascular, Coronary Care, Trauma, Neurological
Intensive Care, Medical Intensive Care, Surgical Intensive Care,
Pediatric Intensive Care and Neonatal Intensive Care. Almost
3000 deliveries were performed at UTMCK in our 12 labor rooms and
3 Obstetrical Operating Rooms. Epidural analgesia or is provided
for about 70% of deliveries.
The
University of Tennessee Ambulatory Surgery Center
About 3000
operative procedures per year are performed in the four operating
rooms at the University of Tennessee Day Surgery Center located
adjacent to the main hospital. This is a separate facility
from the ambulatory surgery unit found within the main hospital.
Other Department of Anesthesiology Facilities
The Department of Anesthesiology facilities consists of the Powell
Memorial Electronic Library, department conference rooms, and the
Medical Simulation Center. Seven call rooms are assigned as
follows: one for faculty; one for CRNAs; three for residents; and
two for SRNAs. Separate lounges are available for both the
residents and certified/student nurse anesthetists. A medical
administrative specialist and four clerical staff members provide
administrative support for the faculty, residents, CRNAs, and SRNAs.
Clinical support in the operating rooms consists of three anesthesia
technicians. The Department of Anesthesiology has two research laboratories
located in the Research center. In addition to Dr. Roger Carroll,
Director of Anesthesiology Research, other research personnel include
graduate research assistants and a medical technologist.
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